


Patrick Parrish
Historic oil on canvas, contemporary inserts, lacquered wood.
Famines by political regimes since 1880.
Shown in blue - Famines under autocracies, failed states, or other non-democratic regimes:
1880 - China (11 million)
1890 - Ethiopia
1892 - Russia
1899 - Brazil
1920 - USSR (9 million)
1920: China Northwest (4.5 million)
1930 - USSR Ukraine (5.7 million)
1960 - China (24 million)
1970 - Nigeria (Biafra)
1980 - Cambodia
1990 - Somalia
1995 - North Korea
Shown in yellow/purple - Famines under democracies:
1975 - India
1998 - Sudan South
(Source: OurWorldinData.org/famines)





















































